Peter Judge
Peter Francis Judge
Born: 23 May 1916, Cricklewood, Middlesex
Died: 4 March 1992, Camden, London
Major Teams: Middlesex, Glamorgan, Bengal, Europeans (India).
Known As: Peter Judge
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Fast Medium
Career Statistics:
FIRST-CLASS
(career: 1933 - 1947)
M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 Ct St
Batting & Fielding 68 90 31 454 40 7.69 0 0 33 0
R W Ave BBI 5 10
Bowling 4676 173 27.02 8-75 5 0
- Explanations of First-Class and List A status courtesy of the ACS.
Profile:
Peter Judge entered cricket`s record books in 1946 when he was dismissed by two consecutive balls within the space of a
minute during Glamorgan`s drawn match with the Indians in 1946 at Cardiff Arms Park. His unique place in cricketing
history followed his dimissal off the last ball of Glamorgan`s first innings, and then when captain Johnnie Clay decided
to inject some life into the match by reversing the batting order, Judge was bolwed by the first ball of the county`s second
innings.
Judge`s career had begun with Middlesex, with the seam bowler making eight appearances between 1933 and
1934. He then joined Buckinghamshire and subsequently played League cricket in Yorkshire and Cumbria, before joining
Glamorgan in 1939. The right arm seamer used all of his experience to claim 69 wickets in his first full season of
professional cricket, including career best figures of 8/75 against Yorkshire at Bradford.
During the Second World War, he served with the R.A.F. in the London area, but was fortunate to secure enough leave to
play in many fund-raising and exhibition games at Lord`s and in the Home Counties. In 1943 he was posted to Gloucester, and
then India, where he added to his list of teams by appearing for Bengal and the Europeans.
He returned to Glamorgan in 1946, when he took 64 wickets, including a spell of 10.1-1-23-7 against Derbyshire on a damp
Arms Park wicket. Judge was handicapped by a foot injury in 1947, and further bouts of ill health led to him retiring
from county cricket at the end of the season.(Submitted by Andrew Hignell - June 2000)
John Liverman adds
"Peter Judge went to
the same preparatory school as I did, and then on to St.Paul's. He must
have been about 5 years older than I so we were never on friendly terms
though I expect that we must have exchanged greetings.
At prep school Judge was at least a foot taller than any other pupil,
and taller than any of the masters when he couldn't have been more than 13
or 14. At St.Paul's he was our outstanding cricketer and headed both
batting (610 runs at 46.92) and bowling (84 wickets at 14.83) in his last
year (1933). I saw his century (128*) against Old Paulines. In the same
year he played, as a schoolboy, for Midlesex, taking 5 for 27 against
Derbyshire in his first match at Lords, figures he never again equalled.
Although an all-rounder at school, where he opened the batting, correct in
style and making good use of his reach, he never scored much in 1st class
cricket, going in no.11 for Middlesex, and well down the order for
Glamorgan as a professional- very unusual in those days for a public
schoolboy- he never went on to University. He remained a useful fast
medium bowler who did a bit with the ball, but never reached Test
standard.
It was said that he left Middlesex because PF Warner who ran the county
then, thought his fielding lacked keenness. Like many tall fast-medium
bowlers, Judge wasn't too quick to bend down, and didn't think it was any
part of a fast bowler's job to chase after the ball unnecessarily. It
might be said that he failed to fulfil his early promise with bat and
ball."
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